This is one area of Dorico that, while powerful, still seems like black magic to me and I still cannot fully wrap my head around how to truly use this functionality. I’m talking, of course, about dynamic placement.
What seems to confuse me most is using the dynamic popover when in note input mode with no contents highlighted, therefore using the cursor to select a rhythmic position to insert a dynamic. As an example, see the video clip below which shows attempting to insert a basic hairpin at a position on the grid. Notice how the first attempt at placing it does nothing. I move the cursor one slot to the left and try, and again nothing. Finally, I move it back to the first position which did nothing and now it places a hairpin. Why??? What basic concept am I missing here? How do I make sense of how to use this tool with such an inconsistency?